Well, you could start (given only a few days an no time to have books
the first day) by having them read Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art
in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction essay which is readily
available free online at various sites.
You could then, using images from current magazines and newspapers
and websites, walk them through the basics of John Berger's Ways of
Seeing (still remarkably clear and bracing for beginners). that is,
you can present the ideas and discuss it with them. You can do
handouts and/or if the classroom allows it bring up web images.
There's certainly enough online to do the whole course that way. For
example Ron Burnett and Doug Kellner have exemplary sites with their
key essays. Unleash the students and they'll find all kinds of great
stuff to talk about in class.
CHUCK KLEINHANS
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